Paul R Henry

6580790, Jun 17, 2003

Feb 9, 2000

09/500492

Paul S. Henry - Holmdel NJ
Hui Luo - Old Bridge NJ

ATT Corp. - New York NY

H04M 342

37920101, 379 8825

A method for providing a called partys telephone number in response to some online identifying information provided by a calling party. The calling party provides an entire or at least a portion of an electronic mail address, screen name or login name belonging to the called party. The electronic mail address, screen name or login name is associated with the called partys telephone number. The number is provided to the calling party and the calling party may be connected to the called party directly via the telephone network.

6657982, Dec 2, 2003

Jan 27, 2000

09/492174

Thomas K. Fong - Aberdeen NJ
Paul Shala Henry - Holmdel NJ
Kin K. Leung - Edison NJ
Xiaoxin Qiu - Middletown NJ
Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan - Roselle Park NJ

ATT Corp. - New York NY

H04J 300

370336, 370349

A method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions between a plurality of communications sites within a communications system. The communications system provides service to a service area which is divided into sectors. Each sector is assigned a time subframe in a pattern where adjacent sectors use different subframes. Communications sites within each sector communicate packets of information in at least one time subframe according to a schedule to minimize interference from other communications sites.

6856800, Feb 15, 2005

May 14, 2002

10/145301

Paul Shala Henry - Holmdel NJ, US
Zhimei Jiang - Eatontown NJ, US
Hui Luo - Marlboro NJ, US

AT&T Corp. - New York NY

H04M001/66
H04Q007/20

455411, 455410, 4554321, 4554351, 455434, 380247, 380248

A fast authentication and access control method of authenticating a network access device to a communications network having an access point communicating with a remote authentication (home AAA) server for the network access device. The method includes the step of receiving an access request having an authentication credential from the network access device at the access point. The authentication credential includes a security certificate having a public key for the network access device and an expiration time. The security certificate is signed with a private key for the remote authentication server. The access point locally validates the authentication credential by accessing the public key of the remote authentication server from a local database, and checking the signature and expiration time of the security certificate. If the authentication credential is validated at the access point, the access point grants the network access device conditional access to the network by sending an access granted message to the network access device. The access granted message includes a session key encrypted with a public key for the network access device.

6971005, Nov 29, 2005

Oct 23, 2001

10/017533

Paul Shala Henry - Holmdel NJ, US
Zhimei Jiang - Eatontown NJ, US
Hui Luo - Marlboro NJ, US

AT&T Corp. - New York NY

H04L009/00

713155, 713202

A Virtual Single Account (VSA) system that provides a mobile user with automatic authentication and connection to a remote network via local access networks with a single password, where the local access networks may be independent of the remote network. A mobile user has a single authentication credential for one VSA that is utilized by a VSA client installed on a mobile computing device. The VSA client provides for automatically authenticating and connecting the user's mobile device to a current local access network, and the target remote network such as the user's office network. All authentication credentials are encrypted using a key generated from the user's VSA password that is generated from the user's single password. The VSA client derives the key from the submitted VSA password and decrypts all authentication credentials that are required in order to connect the mobile device to the current local access network and thereafter to the office network.

6996718, Feb 7, 2006

Aug 11, 2000

09/637409

Paul S. Henry - Holmdel NJ, US
Hui Luo - Old Bridge NJ, US

AT&T Corp. - New York NY

H04K 1/00
H04L 9/00
H04L 9/332
G06F 11/30
G06F 12/14

713182, 713183, 713184, 713185, 713186, 713202

A common password method is disclosed which provides both convenience and security assurance for users who have multiple accounts protected by passwords. According to the present invention, a user only needs to remember a common password to access any of the user's accounts. A designated password for each account is generated by a hash function of the common password and some account-dependent information. The hash value is calculated at the user's computer, and then submitted as a designated password to a server. Thus, each account is protected by the distinct designated password, and the common password is never revealed in an unauthorized manner.

7028104, Apr 11, 2006

May 2, 2002

10/138099

Paul Shala Henry - Holmdel NJ, US
Meng-Ju Lin - Taichung, TW
Hui Luo - Marlboro NJ, US

AT & T Corp. - New York NY

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/177

709250, 709220

A network interface driver embodied in a processor readable medium comprising executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, independently process internetworking protocols for a host computer (or other network access device) with another computer on a remote network. The driver appears to the operating system as a regular network interface driver, but it can support enhanced kernel-level internetworking protocols by using a state machine to generate, drop, and change incoming and outgoing IP packets in a manner transparent to the operating system.

7058059, Jun 6, 2006

Aug 30, 2001

09/942421

Paul Shala Henry - Holmdel NJ, US
Zhimei Jiang - Eatontown NJ, US
Byoung-Jo J Kim - Jersey City NJ, US
Kin K Leung - Edison NJ, US
Hui Luo - Marlboro NJ, US

AT&T Corp. - New York NY

H04L 12/28
H04Q 7/24

3703951, 370338, 370392, 370409, 709238

A method and apparatus to enable IP networking for mobile hosts without requiring changes to be made to the TCP/IP stack in the operating system installed on the mobile hosts. The apparatus is an “intelligent device” that can be installed on or connected to a mobile host, and may comprise a software-only logical module, physical hardware, or a combination of both. To a mobile host, the intelligent device emulates a network interface such as an Ethernet card or a telephone modem. The intelligent device appears to an access network just like any regular IP host connected to the access network through a physical network interface device. The intelligent device handles all mobile networking functions for the mobile host, and may control multiple different physical network interface devices to enable a connection to the “best” access network available to the mobile user at his location.

7069433, Jun 27, 2006

Oct 29, 2001

10/021172

Paul Shala Henry - Holmdel NJ, US
Zhimei Jiang - Eatontown NJ, US
Hui Luo - Marlboro NJ, US

AT&T Corp. - New York NY

H04L 9/00

713151, 168155, 168182, 380270, 380277, 726 2, 705 26, 705 35, 709203, 709204, 709205

A Virtual Single Account (VSA) system and method that provides a mobile user with automatic authentication and connection to a remote network via local access networks with a single password, where the local access networks may be independent of the remote network. A mobile user has a single authentication credential for one VSA that is utilized by a VSA client installed on a mobile computing device. The VSA client provides for automatically authenticating and connecting the user's mobile device to a current local access network, and the target remote network such as the user's office network. All authentication credentials are encrypted using a key generated from the user's VSA password that is generated from the user's single password. The VSA client derives the key from the submitted VSA password and decrypts all authentication credentials that are required in order to connect the mobile device to the current local access network and thereafter to the office network.